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S4E9 | “The Victim” by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Season 4 · Episode 9

S4E9 | “The Victim” by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

George Takei delivers a stunning read of this 1910 story from legendary Japanese author, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.

The Paris Review

February 14, 202430m 5s

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Show Notes

The legendary actor George Takei reads one of the oldest stories in the Review’s archive. Published by the magazine in 1957, “The Victim” is Ivan Morris’s English translation of the Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki’s 1910 literary debut.

This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound-designed by John DeLore. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by Ernst Reijseger.

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theparisreview.org/fiction/4872/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki

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